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MCE remote Puts PC to Sleep. Won't wake it up - dysan911 - 2011-01-14 Is there something I need to do in order to get the MCE remote to wake the PC up? I can press the power button and off to sleep it'll go. However when I press the power button or any button on the remote for that matter nothing will wake it up. I can see the IR blinking next to the PC so I know the USB port it's plugged into is receiving. Could really use some help on that one. THanks guys! - darkscout - 2011-01-14 OS? - dysan911 - 2011-01-14 Doh. Its Win7 64bit. I found some tool called Slick SOlutions http://slicksolutions.eu/mst.shtml That didn't seem to make a bit of difference either. - fekker - 2011-01-14 Taking a guess here as mine seems to work fine (cheapo mce compat remote). Does your motherboard support waking from usb devices? Might be a bios setting or something that's required. - jhsrennie - 2011-01-14 It works on several PCs that I've tested, but as fekker says, for some PCs there is a BIOS option that controls this. JR - dysan911 - 2011-01-14 Well my Media PC is actually a Lenovo T410 laptop with an Core I5 processor. I checked the bios and there's really nothing that refers to waking on USB. Their weird thing is I have a wireless keyboard and mouse hooked up via USB and if I touch a key on the keyboard it wakes right up I just dont understand why its not doing the same with the remote though. Its killing me. lol - dysan911 - 2011-01-14 FWIW. I"m using an old MCE Remote that came with an HP Media center I had back in the day. I also own a Logitech Harmony One so I can set up a new device on that and customize a button if anyone things that'll work. - dysan911 - 2011-01-14 I just programmed my H1 as an MCE remote. Power toggle will put system to sleep. NOTHING will wake it up. I can't begin to tell you how frustrating this part is. In all my planning for this system I never thought I'd run into an obstacle like this. Geez. - gizmotoy - 2011-01-14 Is the USB port you're plugging the IR receiver into powered during standby? On some boards only a subset of the USB ports are powered when in standby/Off. Try putting it in the port you use for the keyboard/mouse. - dysan911 - 2011-01-14 Thanks for the help man. I do have the IR Reciever plugged into a powered USB Port. Lastnight I tried plugging it into various other USB ports but I get the same results. You can even see the red activity light blink on the IR Receiver when I press the power button. It seems everything is in place and it should wake it up but I just dont' get whats preventing it. I did a google search and apparently the problem is popular. There were several hits on MCE remote puts PC to sleep but won't wake it. I have yet to find a solution though. - gizmotoy - 2011-01-14 Hmm... sounds like you have that covered, then. I remember this being an issue years ago when I built a MS MCE PC when it was still a separate version of Windows. I remember mine did end up being a setting in the BIOS, which confused me because my workaround while the remote wasn't working was to use a wireless USB keyboard/mouse to wake it up. Might be worth a second look, especially if your BIOS has a separate S3 sleep/hibernate section. - dysan911 - 2011-01-14 gizmotoy Wrote:Hmm... sounds like you have that covered, then. I remember this being an issue years ago when I built a MS MCE PC when it was still a separate version of Windows. I remember mine did end up being a setting in the BIOS, which confused me because my workaround while the remote wasn't working was to use a wireless USB keyboard/mouse to wake it up. Yeah Ive been over the bios several times. Not a thing at all about S3, Sleep, Hiberation. Nada. Its a lenovo laptop so I guess they go with just the very basics. I assume its working though because why else am I able to put the system to sleep in the first place. Why is there IR Activity on the USB Port when I press the power button while its a sleep. It just continues to remain asleep and won't come out. Aaaaaaagh!. Its the little BS issues like this that can really diminish the overall experience of having a Media system like this. Wow. Well I hope one day I'll figure it out. I guess until then I will have to hit any key on my wireless keyboard. LAME! - darkscout - 2011-01-14 In linux you have to tell it you want it to be able to wake up the device. I imagine that there's something similar in Windows. - dtorner - 2011-01-14 Have you tried to use this registry changes? (save code in a .reg file) Code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 The change is explained here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841858 This always worked for me with XP machines, so I'm not sure if it will work with your se7en 64. - dysan911 - 2011-01-14 dtorner Wrote:Have you tried to use this registry changes? (save code in a .reg file) Well XP definitely has that key but Win7 does not. I will try adding it and see if that helps or not. Thanks! |